Cooking with Peachy

“Chicken Adobo is a Spanish name for a pure Filipino dish, a stew of chicken with vinegar, soy sauce, bay leaves, garlic and black pepper”

Difficulty: ★★
Preparation time: 30 min
Cooking time: 1 hour
Servings: 4
Calories per serving: 640 kcal

Ingredients:

• Chicken thighs – 1.5 kg (3.30 lb.)
• Pineapple juice – 500 ml (16.91 fl.oz.)
• Soy sauce – 1/4 cup
• Lemon – 2 PCs.
• Oyster sauce – 4 tbsp.
• Garlic (cloves not peeled and crushed) – 1 head
• Garlic (flaked) – 8 cloves
• Bay / Laurel leaves – 8 PCs.
• Black pepper (ground) – 1 tsp.
• Salt – 1 tsp.
• Brown sugar – 5 tsp.

Directions:

1. Marinate the chicken in a large bowl for 30 minutes with the soy sauce, pineapple juice, lemon juice, flaked garlic, 1/2 tsp. of freshly ground black pepper, brown sugar and salt.
2. Heat a large non-stick pan and add the chicken drained from the marinade. Stir constantly until golden brown.
3. Create some space in the pan and add the crushed garlic, bay leaves, 1/2 tsp. of ground pepper and stir until fragrant.
4. Add the marinade to the chicken, oyster sauce and simmer with the lid on until the chicken is very tender stir occasionally until sauce has reduced.